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The bomb in my garden
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Mahdi Obeidi |
Praise for The Bomb in My Garden "This one book will tell you more about Iraq's quest for weapons of mass destruction than all U.S. intelligence on the subject. It is a fascinating and rare glimpse … |
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Muqtada al-Sadr and the battle for the future of Iraq
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Patrick Cockburn,Patrick Cockburn |
Time magazine listed him as one of its "100 People Who Shape Our World." Newsweek featured him on its cover under the headline "How Al-Sadr May Control U.S. Fate in Iraq." Paul Bremer denounced him a… |
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Red flags
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Amer Faris |
"This memoir of an Iraqi soldier writing under a pseudonym uses "red flags" as a metaphor for military targets during his country's invasion by the United States in 2003. He recounts his involvement … |
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Saddam's bombmaker
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Khidhir Hamza,Khiḍr ʻAbd al-ʻAbbās Ḥamzah,Jeff Stein |
The author who spent twenty years developing Iraq's atomic weapon, recounts his life in Saddam Hussein's inner circle and his daring flight to the West. The book delves into the darkest corners of a … |
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The Saddam tapes
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Kevin M. Woods |
"This study presents the annotated transcripts of Iraqi audio recordings of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle"--
"During the 2003 war that ended Saddam Hussein's regime, coalition… |
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The endgame
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Michael R. Gordon |
This book is a work of investigative journalism and historical recreation ranging from 2003 to 2012, giving a comprehensive, inside account of arguably the most widely reported yet least understood w… |
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Faisal I of Iraq
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Ali A. Allawi |
Born in 1885, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution o… |
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Occupying Iraq
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James Dobbins |
"The American engagement in Iraq has been looked at from many perspectives: the flawed intelligence that provided the war's rationale, the failed effort to secure an international mandate, the rapid … |
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Saddam's war
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Raʻd Majīd Ḥamadānī |
Includes detailed and edited transcripts of interviews with General Hamdani as well as a summary of insights as interpreted by the interviewers. |
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The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq
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Tareq Y. Ismael |
This is the first comprehensive work to examine the complex transformation of the Iraqi Communist Party from vanguard actor under Iraq's conservative monarchy to rearguard lackey under US occupation.… |
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The struggle for Iraq
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Thomas M. Renahan |
A political scientist's firsthand report on Iraq and his work with his Iraqi staff to promote democracy and fight corruption, from the days of the Coalition Provisional Authority to the present, and … |
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Hunting season
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James Harkin |
Based on three years of on-the-ground reporting from every side of the Syrian conflict, Hunting Season is James Harkin's quest to uncover the truth about how and why Islamic State came to target West… |
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The assassins' gate
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George Packer |
"The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and… |
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The Threatening Storm
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Kenneth M. Pollack |
"For the past fifteen years, as an analyst on Iraq for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, Kenneth Pollack has studied Saddam as closely as anyone else in the United St… |
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A New Muslim Order
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Nicolas Pelham |
"In this vividly descriptive work, Nicholas Pelham eavesdrops on mullahs and militants, on Presidents and peasants to paint a masterful portrait of the passions and politics behind the Middle East se… |
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